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Napoleon the Little

BOOK II
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He has not even found at the Elysee any old remains of the socialist meditations of Ham.

He has added several new crimes to his first one, and in this he has been logical.

With the exception of these crimes he has produced nothing.

Absolute power, no initiative! He has taken France and does not know what to do with it.

In truth, we are tempted to pity this eunuch struggling with omnipotence.
It is true, however, that this dictator keeps in motion; let us do him this justice; he does not remain quiet for an instant; he sees with affright the gloom and solitude around him; people sing who are afraid in the dark, but he keeps moving.


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